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Chapter 2 Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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Plot
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Character
In the evening, there was a play that was shown to the President and his soon-to-be assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Booth stood near
by as the play was going on, ready to strike on Lincoln. Then, Booth turned around and shot his gun. Lincoln's face fell to his lap as his wife was sitting there in awe. The whole theater was in astonishment as they witnessed the President of the United States assassination.
Throughout the chapter, the city had started a riot. People running and screaming, "The president got shot! The president got shot!"
John Wilkes Booth had soon started a journey to Virginia to keep himself out of trouble, basically in hiding.
By: Katie Graham and Ellis Palmer
John Wilkes Booth: Assassin of Lincoln
President Lincoln: Victim, President
Major Henry Rathbone: The first one to realize that
something is wrong
Henry Hawk: The only actor on stage when Booth
jumped on stage
Clara Harris: The first one to yell that the President was shot
Mary Todd Lincoln: Witness of her husband's assassina-
tion
Setting
Time: 10:15 on April
14, 1865
Place: Ford's Theater
Washington D.C., U.S.
Quote
"A voice cried out from the president's box,
'Stop that man!'"
Explanation: Everyone seemed on top of there game as to stopping Booth as he ran off the stage. People yelled and pleaded to stop him, just as the quote above.